be tolerable

Frequency: 8.025.5 per million words

Used to describe a state that is acceptable or endurable.

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Examples (10)

  • In August the heat is barely tolerable.
  • This wine is really quite tolerable considering it cost only $4 a bottle.
  • The pain was just tolerable after the medication.
  • I hope the noise from the construction site will be tolerable.
  • For some people, long periods of isolation are hardly tolerable.
  • The living conditions in the refugee camp were barely tolerable.
  • Even though the task is difficult, it is still tolerable if we work together.
  • With a good ventilation system, the summer heat can be quite tolerable.
  • He worried that the criticism would not be tolerable for his sensitive nature.
  • The quality of the budget hotel was acceptable, or rather, just tolerable.